Summary of Dred Scott Decision:
Dred Scott went to court against Sanford because he felt that he had the same rights as other men (white men) and that those rights had been infringed upon. The Court ruled that that was not the case because he was a slave and he was property. Dred Scott had gone from the South with his owner to the North. Scott believed that because he was in the North, he should have the right to be free so he sued. The Court under Roger B. Taney, however, ruled the other way. He said that since Scott's parents were immigrants to the country, he didn't have the right to sue in court because he was not a citizen. Also, because he was a slave, he was property and had no rights, and the court didn't have the power to take people's property away. Sanford, the white landowner, won under the constitutional fact that Sanford had the right to his property. Taney also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional in the process.
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